The lawyer for two Saskatchewan farmers...

PROJECT DEBATED.

December 1, 1989

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA — PROJECT DEBATED. The lawyer for two Saskatchewan farmers attempting to block the Rafferty-Alameda dam project said Thursday that American farmers will reap the benefits of the controversial, multimillion-dollar development. The Saskatchewan government's project on the Souris River will prevent flooding in towns such as Estevan, Saskatchewan and Minot, N.D., while providing a cooling reservoir for a coal-fired power plant. It will also drown some farms and wetlands and affect water flows in Saskatchewan, neighboring Manitoba and North Dakota.